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wherein most precipitation falls in the winter, much of it falls as snow. At an average of 411.5 inches (10.45 m) per year, Donner Pass is one of the snowiest places in the contiguous United States. Four times since 1880 total snowfall at Donner Summit has exceeded 775 inches (19.69 m) and
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Assistant Engineer, Lewis M. Clement (1837–1914), the original (Track 1) summit grade remained in daily use from June 18, 1868, when the first CPRR passenger train ran through the Summit Tunnel, until 1993 when
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American trade with Asia and the Pacific, the cooperation of UP, the Port's principal rail partner, has been sought to "construct a second track and raise tunnel clearances over Donner Pass for container trains linking California with the rest
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and upgrading 30 miles (48 km) of signals to CTC, although the original Donner Pass grade (Track 1) was not restored. Since then trains of full-height or 20 feet 2 inches (6.15 m), double-stack container cars have run over Donner Pass; some tunnels on Track 2 between Bowman and
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California; some of them resorting to
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of passengers and freight over the Sierra for the first time. Following a route first surveyed and proposed by CPRR's original Chief
Engineer,
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1548:"Climate Summary of Donner Summit, California 1870–2001"
1758:"Hell on the Highway: The Story of I-80 at Donner Pass"
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into the mountains. At the head of what is now called
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1351:Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party
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1271:A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United States
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27:Mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada, California
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1781:. Grass Valley, CA: Cottage Hill Publishing.
1407:Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine
391:CPRR Engineers L. M. Clement and T. D. Judah
251:. The pass gets its name from the ill-fated
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1519:"Grade Climb & Descent Considerations"
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316:cannibalism
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129:Coordinates
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3086:Categories
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2980:China Peak
2934:Tahoe City
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2824:Bridgeport
2794:Van Sickle
2708:Owens Peak
2703:Mount Rose
2673:John Krebs
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2592:Stanislaus
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